Comet fireworks for 4th of July

[MacSA]

Dont forget all the movies of the impact:

This one is spectacular, you can see the fireball from the impact itself, and the shadow of the plume:

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121520main_HRI-Movie.mov

Another:

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121527main_MRI_impact.mov

You can see the plume of debris shoot out of the impact site in the first few frames after the impact in the movie above, also watch the shadow of the plume develop just above the bright area.

Movie from the impactor:

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121530main_its_approach_x4.mov

 

[stubeeef]

Thanks for the video links they are great!

 

[MongoTheGeek]

Here's a link to the article.

She's an astrologer. She's hoping that it will be cheaper to settle than to fight. She has a big problem though with that theory. Since NASA is a part of the US federal government she'll be up against the worlds largest law firm. The US DOJ. Never mind that sovereign nations are immune, and that according to UN rules everything above 100km is fair game. That doesn't even go against the total lack of merit in her case...

Also, in other comet news, let's not forget that Stardust will be returning to Earth next year with samples from the Comet Wild 2. That should be interesting...

That'll be sweet.